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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 56of 112

قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ﴿٥٦

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
بَلbalNay
رَّبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
رَبُّrabbu(is the) Lord
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
فَطَرَهُنَّfaṭarahunnacreated them
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāand I am
عَلَىٰʿalāto
ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
مِّنَminaof
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Ibrahim and his PeopleAllah tells us about His close Friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and how He bestowed upon him guidance aforetime, i.e., from an early age He inspired him with truth and evidence against his people, as Allah says elsewhere:وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـهَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ(And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people) 6:83. The point here is that Allah is telling us that He gave guidance to Ibrahim aforetime, i.e.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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